Days |
8A/B |
English III |
Creative Writing |
Monday |
Discuss this week’s spelling and vocabulary. Review for Animal Farm exam and discuss AF creative project. |
Copy week three SAT/ACT vocabulary. Finish reading Langston Hughes “Theme For English III” projects aloud. Quiz over Z.N. Hurston’s “Sweat,” and begin reading Hurston’s “Gilded Six-Bits.” |
Workshop Halloween/scary stories. |
Tuesday |
Discuss the proper process involved in writing a cause and effect essay. Look at common errors committed in compare/contrast essays and how to fix these problems. |
Submit final WWI editorials. Quiz over Hurston’s “Gilded Six-Bits.” Discuss common themes and symbols found in Hurston’s writings. Examine L. Hughes’ poem, “A Dream Deferred.” Recitation of poem set for the following Monday. |
Finish workshopping scary stories. |
Wednesday |
AF exam. Work on planning for C & E essay once exam is complete. |
Begin discussing the expectations involved in our Harlem Renaissance Gold-Seal Lesson: “The American Dream.” Students will examine the rhetoric of primary documents found during the Great Migration in correlation with discovering African American families’ American dreams during that time. |
Examination and discussion of the art of memoirs. Look at portions of Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar” in correlation with viewing clips from Girl Interrupted. The goal is to examine the ways in which emotions are portrayed in memoirs. |
Thursday |
Complete pre-writing and rough draft for C & E essay. Move on to revising and editing upon completion. |
Brief overviews of the remaining poets, philosophers, novelists, and musicians who stood out during the Harlem Renaissance. Break into groups to begin planning writing component of American Dream/Great Migration lesson. |
Students will be asked to bring a photograph that portrays an important event in their lives. Short pieces will be worked up based on the emotions projected from the photographs. |
Friday |
AF spelling/vocabulary quizzes. Work on AF creative project upon completion of these. |
ACT/SAT Vocabulary quiz. ACT/SAT Grammar review. |
Workshop short photograph pieces. |